User home shorthand (`~`) support
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Description
SftpClient does not support '~'. This is used by SSH, as linux/unix, as a shorthand for the user home.
For instance, Exists would return false for a call with ~/something, although something would exists in user's home.
Is this a SFTP protocol limitation?
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with SftpClient and the Exists entry point to trace how paths are interpreted, then verify whether the SFTP protocol provides a way to resolve ~ to the user's home. Done means calls such as Exists("~/something") resolve against the authenticated user's home when that path exists.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100